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How To make Mediterranean Stuffed Meatballs
SAUCE 2 cloves garlic
minced
2 onions :
chopped
2 green peppers chopped
2 zucchini :
chopped
1 large eggplant peeled and cubed
4 tomatoes :
peeled and chopped
4 tablespoons fresh parsley
salt and pepper 1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 cup chicken stock
MEATBALL MIXTURE 1 1/2 pounds ground meat
2 slices bread
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup parmesan cheese
1 egg
salt and pepper VEGETABLES FOR STUFFING: broccoli cauliflower zucchini butter olive oil oil for deep frying spaghetti or other pasta
Prepare sauce: Saute garlic in olive oil. Add onion and continue to saute. Add green peppers, zucchini, eggplant, and tomatoes. Continue to cook; then add parsley, salt and pepper, thyme and chicken stock. Cook approximately 40 minutes on low heat to make a thick sauce.
Prepare the vegetable stuffing by cleaning and chopping into bite size portions. Blanch vegetables in hot water for 5 minutes. Drain. Add melted butter, salt and pepper, and set aside.
Put bread into food processor and make into crumbs. Set aside. Beat egg slightly and set aside. Mix nutmeg, salt and pepper and parmesan cheese with the ground meat. Make balls and press a blanched vegetable in the center of each ball; make sure the meat is all around the vegetable. Dip balls into egg and then into bread crumbs and deep fry for 6 to 8 minutes until golden brown. Drain. Pour sauce over cooked spaghetti and add meatballs. Sprinkle with more parmesan cheese if desired. Garnish with fresh parsley.
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Soutzoukakia! JUICIEST Greek-style baked meatballs in the BEST Sauce!
Find out the SECRET ingredient that makes these soutzoukakia (also known as Izmir Kofteh) the JUICIEST meatballs you'll have. These rich, flavor-packed baked meatballs are a must-try!
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INGREDIENTS:
For Meatballs
???? 2 slice whole wheat bread
???? ¼ to ⅓ cup 60 ml milk or water
???? 1.5 lb/680.389 g lean ground beef
???? 1 small yellow onion, chopped
???? 3 garlic cloves, minced
???? 2 medium eggs
???? 1 tsp/2.36 g ground cumin
???? ½ tsp/1.3 g ground cinnamon
???? ½ tsp/0.6 g dried oregano
???? ½ cup/17 g chopped fresh parsley
???? Salt and pepper
???? Drizzle Early Harvest Greek extra virgin olive oil
For Red Sauce
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???? 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
???? 2 garlic cloves, minced
???? ½ cup/118.294 ml dry red wine
???? 30 oz/850.486 g canned tomato sauce (that's 2 15-oz cans of sauce)
???? 1 bay leaf
???? ¾ tsp/1.77 g ground cumin
???? ½ tsp/1.3 g cinnamon
???? ½ tsp 2 g sugar
???? Salt and Pepper
⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro
0:12 Cooking the red sauce
1:25 Making the meat mixture
1:33 The secret ingredient
1:53 Seasonings
2:39 Forming the meatballs
3:09 Adding meatballs to red sauce
3:16 Baking the meatballs
3:27 Finishing touches
3:41 Taste test
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How to make Swedish Meatballs | Homemade Ikea Meatballs
Juicy flavour-packed meatballs in that classic rich and creamy Swedish meatball sauce.
It makes such a great comforting dinner served with mashed potato and of course some lingonberry jam (although I've got some other suggestions if you can't find it).
Free printable recipe here:
Swedish Meatballs Ingredients:
Meatballs:
500 g (1lb)beef mince - ideally 20% fat
250 g (1/2 lb)pork mince
1 onion - finely chopped
1 clove of garlic - minced
4 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
1 medium egg
5 tbsp (75ml) full-fat milk
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp white pepper
¼ tsp allspice
2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
Sauce:
3 tbsp unsalted butter
3 tbsp plain - all-purpose flour
180 ml (3/4 cup) beef stock
120 ml (1/2 cup) vegetable stock
120 ml (1/2 cup) double (heavy) cream
2 tsp dark soy sauce
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp Dijon mustard
¼ tsp salt
To Serve:
Finely chopped fresh parsley
Creamy mashed potato
Lingonberry jam - or redcurrant jelly
Green veg – such as broccoli or green beans
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How to Make Greek Meatballs - Keftedes - Recipe by Diane Kochilas
I'd say this is probably the top mommy food recipe there is in the Greek kitchen. My kids pop these keftedes like candy whenever I make them.
Ingredients:
1 ½ lbs. ground beef or combination of ground beef lamb and/or pork
2 large red onions grated or minced (about 2 cups)
1 large tomato grated on a coarse grater*
¾ to 1 cup milk
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons ground DRIED Greek mint
¼-1/2 cup plain breadcrumbs as needed
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour for dredging
Olive oil for frying
Instructions:
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ISHLI KOFTE | MICHUGOV KOFTE (stuffed meatball)
Baked, fried, boiled, or frozen, michugov kofte is one of those comfort foods that’s great as an appetizer or part of everyone’s favorite yogurt soup (see below for a link to that recipe)!
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Chikofte recipe:
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Ingredients:
Filling (inner layer)
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1white or yellow onion, chopped
- 1tbsp. ground black pepper
- ½ tsp. allspice
- 1½ tbsp. Aleppo pepper
- Salt to taste
- Optional add pine nuts or walnuts
- dash cayenne pepper
Kofte (outer layer)
- 1 lb finely ground beef/chikofte beef (see chikofte recipe video to learn how to make it yourself)
- 2 cups bulgur, #1 or fine
- 2 cups ice water
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1tsp. Aleppo pepper
- salt to taste
- Extra ice water (to dip your hands into & for kneading the bulgur/meat)
- Lemon slices to serve
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